Copy of an autograph letter signed : Berwick, to Mrs. Gray, [1847] Sunday morning.

Made by Lady Clare S. Wortley in 1939 from a letter given to the Bodleian by Albert Gray in 1938 and not to be published before 1968. A letter expressive of mood as "dreary and hopeless" as he finds his surroundings on a day of wind and rain. He would thankfully "put up with Mr. A & Mr. G. again... to have somebody to go" with him to church. "I can't read, nor write--for pure vexation--except to inflict myself upon you at Bower's Well and try to fancy myself talking to you." In Edinburgh he received a letter from his father, with kind messages to the Grays; dined at Andrew Jameson's meeting some "very agreeable persons"; visited the artists next morning, liking the men better than their work, except Harvey, who is a good painter as well as a good man. Now he has attended a wretched church service, has not found letters at post office, and "I can't fasten my mind to anything to make me forget myself." Please send him "a single line," addressed to Leeds, to say that he was "missed... a little at Bower's Well." He will write again after he reaches Denmark Hill, on Thursday. "Kind love to all--best to Alice & Effie--(Alice may save it all if Effie does not want any)--kind compliments to Dr. P," to whom he may send "a little drawing in order to show Effie that I repent of my rudeness--nearly as sincerely & thoroughly as she of her kindness." [P.S.] "I suppose I may be permitted to say `Effie' in writing to you--I pray pardon for my impertinent message. I am sure she is a great deal kinder to everybody than they deserve." Note from Mrs. Viljoen: "If possible, get date for item 7 by discovering date when R. spent Sunday in Berwick, end of Sept. or early Oct., 1847."